Where does “nyyhkinä” come from?

nyyhkinä (Finnish) comes from Finnish nyyhkiä, from Finnish nyyh — sob.

nyyhkinä (Finnish): sobbing

Definitions

  1. sobbing

Ancestry of “nyyhkinä”, step by step

nyyhkinä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nyyhkiä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishnyyhkiäTo sob
2Finnishnyyhsob

via Finnish nä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnä—
Every word from Finnish nyyh →Every word from Finnish nyyhkiä →